Financial Transparency Coalition

In the past year, scandal after scandal has exposed companies using loopholes in the tax system to avoid taxation. Now more than ever, it is becoming clear that citizens around the world are paying a high price for the crisis in the global tax system, and the discussion about multinational corporations and their tax tricks remains at the top of the

This report and website looks at the way offshore financing and ownership structures have infiltrated football clubs in the England and Scotland. Offshore finance, once a niche industry confined to the basements of some of the less scrupulous banks, accountancy firms and criminal gangs has come to dominate every aspect of economic life, including sports.

Global Witness investigations and campaigns have shown how anonymously owned companies act as getaway cars for the criminal and corrupt all over the world. America is at the heart of this problem, and it is hurting American interests. Owners of anonymous companies registered in the U.S. are ripping off innocent people and businesses across America.

FTC member, Latin American Network on Debt, Development, and Rights (Latindadd) looked at the case of Yanacocha, a mining company operating in Peru. Latindadd examined the companies dealings in Peru and the region, and assessed whether or not the company was using murky financial structures and hidden company information to pay less in taxes to